Self-doped conducting polymers first reported

The first report of a n-self-doped conducting polymer was provided by Wudl et al. in which a chargebalancing cationic site was incorporated into the polymer [46]. This polymer was poly(dipropargylhex-poly(dipropargylhexylamine) and was prepared from cyclopolymerization of A-hexyldipropargylamine, shown in Figure 20.61. The resultant polymer was also found to contain 20% of the species shown in Figure 20.62. 

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